>I believe that recommendation is no longer valid (not sure as of which z/OS >release), but it had to do with the way I/O was handled to load LPA.
If you're not paging, it doesn't matter. >Allowing it to overflow for some reason was more efficient. The efficiency had to do with (then) expensive DASD (dollars/mb, rather than today's pennies/gb). The practice was: Define a 1-CYL PLPA and put it and the COMMON on the same pack. It saved you a pack. - Too busy driving to stop for gas! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html